Meaning and negation.

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Author / Creator:Steven B. Smith.
Imprint:Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12389726
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ISBN:3110801272
9783110801279
9789027932778
9027932778
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. G. Lakoff's analysis; 1.3. Objections to Lakoff's analysis; 1.4. An analysis of adverbials of duration; 1.5. Syntactic considerations; 1.5.1. "Any"; 1.5.2. "If not"; 1.5.3. Sentence negation; 1.5.4. Preposing; 1.6. Conclusions; Chapter 2; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Relations of inclusion; 2.2.1. Terminology; 2.2.2. "At least"; 2.2.3. "Only "; 2.2.4. "But"; 2.2.5. "Much less"; 2.3. Conclusions; Chapter 3; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Negative idioms; 3.3. Bounded quantification; 3.4. Some rules of implication; 3.5. "Not many"; 3.6. Carden's analysis.
  • 3.7. Heny's proposal3.8. NEG-raising; 3.9. Objections to NEG-raising; 3.10. Believe and bounded quantification; 3.11. Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.